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The human mind is impelled to action, or held in rest by some power, over which the mind itself has no control.

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I agree with you, Mr. Chairman, that the working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the more numerous, and as you added that those were the sentiments of the gentlemen present, representing not only the working class, but citizens of other callings than those of the mechanic, I am happy to concur with you in these sentiments, not only of the native born citizens, but also of the Germans and foreigners from other countries.

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Towering genius...thirsts and burns for distinction; and, if possible, it will have it, whether at the expense of emancipating slaves or enslaving freeman.

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While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government in the short space of four years.

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Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them.

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That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

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All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

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As long as the Almighty permitted intelligent men, created in his image and likeness, to fight in public and kill each other while the world looks on approvingly, it's not for me to deprive the chickens of the same privilege.

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My old father used to have a saying: If you make a bad bargain, hug it all the tighter.

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Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration

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I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.

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The Cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one, or even one hundred defeats.

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If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.

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It is bad to be poor. I shall go to the wall for bread and meat, if I neglect my business this year as well as last.

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One generation passeth away and another generation cometh, but the earth abideth forever.

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Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.

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May the Almighty grant that the cause of truth, justice, and humanity, shall in no wise suffer at my hands.

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I am busily engaged in the study of the Bible. I believe it is God's word because it finds me where I am.

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I can make a General in five minutes but a good horse is hard to replace.

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All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years.

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